RecentlyOrLately wrote:

How do I get Audacity to record what Windows browser is playing ?
Not using a mic !

Don't use Audacity. However, I have used audio/video stream capture
software to snag the audio or video streams from web sites to view later
or make sure the information is available should they remove it.

I use Jaksta Media Recorder (payware), and have used its Applian Replay
Media Catcher clone. I moved from Applian to Jaksta due to some
licensing issue with Applian, like they turned to the subscriptionware
licensing model versus Jaksta gives a lifetime license. I've found
those robust, and they get updated often to accomodate when sites change
their tactics. Those are both payware. Neither will capture RTMPe
streams. Although it is not specifically a DRM scheme, it is being used
that way.

There are lots of choices for audio/video streaming capture, including
some freeware (I tried many, but got disappointed with them). Some work
as proxies while others work as web browser add-ons. Don't waste your
time getting those that are screen capturing software. Those capture
what shows on your monitor, which means you end up recording clicks,
pops, halts, flutter, or other artifacts in rendering the stream.
Stream capture software gives you the exact stream from the source
rather than what gets rendered on your end. Also, stream capture
software captures at the speed the server will deliver, not at the play
rate of what is shown on the screen. Instead of having to watch a
2-hour seminar for 2 hours, it could get captured in 5-10 minutes
(depends on the throttling at the server).

As you noted, you don't want to use a microphone to record what comes
out your speakers. That's what you get, too, when using screen capture
softwa what you see or hear. Stream capture software retrieves the
source of the stream. You get what they will deliver, not what your end
produces.

If you want only freeware solutions, ask in the alt.comp.freeware
newsgroup. Just be aware there is a lot of noise over there due to
trolls, malcontents, and peuriles.

To stay with Audacity as the sole means of recording the audio produced
at your end (not the stream, but the reproduction), I hunted around
because I don't use Audacity. I found:

https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/...omputer.h tml

This looks to be similar to screen capture softwa you capture what
your end reproduces instead of recording from the source. Maybe that's
why you're trying to use Audacity, like to edit out clicks, pops,
flutter, and slice out sections of hesitation.